wā
to dig
to excavate
to scoop out
wā kǔ
to speak sarcastically
to make cutting remarks
wā jué
to excavate
to dig
to unearth
kāi wā
to dig out
to excavate
to scoop out
wā jué
to poach (talent, personnel from competitors)
to raid (a competitor for its talent)
Taiwan pr. [wa1 jiao3]
wā kōng xīn si
to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer
to rack one's brains
wā kāi
to dig into
to cut a mine into
wā qiáng jiǎo
to undermine
to let someone down
to seduce someone away from something
wā xué
to excavate
to dig out a cave
shū wā
to dredge
to dig out (a channel)
wā ròu bǔ chuāng
to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient
chī shuǐ bù wàng wā jǐng rén
see 吃水不忘掘井人[chi1 shui3 bu4 wang4 jue2 jing3 ren2]
ěr wā sháo
(dialect) earpick
curette